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单词 cut someone to the quick
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cut someone to the quick

Cause someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action: she was cut to the quick by his accusation...
  • The mocking tone was slight, but it cut Maple to the quick.
  • But when she opened The Independent the other day, she was cut to the quick.
  • Gleason's flamboyancy would have cut Buk to the quick.
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